Manifolding set



Aug. 22, 1939. w, HALL 21,170,241

MANIFOLDING SET Filed May 19, 1937 George W Ha l! Patented Aug. 22, 1939 MANIFoLmNG SET George W. "Hall, Lewiston,

American Sales Book Company,

N. Y., assigner to Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y., acorporation o! Delaware Application May 19, 1937, Serial No.'143,544

y 2 Claims. (Cl. 282-22) This invention relates to improvements in record supplies adapted for manifolding inscription, and with respect to its more specific features, relates to a single unitary manifolding assembly or set of record and transfer leaves attached together and having a relation of parts and characteristics adapting it connection with typewriters writing machines, as well tion, and especially adapt aration of the record particularly for use in and other forms of as for manual inscriping it for elcient sepfrom the transfer leaves after completion of the inscription. The invention is particularly applicable to a manifolding assembly of the kind referred to, in which the record leaves have a large width or horizontal dimension, or have a width dimension substantially in excess of the height or vertical dimen-Y sion measured from top to bottom of the record leaf.

One of the objects of the provision of a practical the present invention is assembly of the kind referred to, havingr a suitable pliability notwithstanding the stiffening effect of a binding stub which connects with the top or bottom edge of the assembly for holding the leaves of the assembly together and for piloting the leaves in manifolding relation while the assembly is being used in typewriters with cylindrical platens and in other manifolding uses.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved assembly of the kind referred to wherein the wide record leaves, after an inscribing operation is completed thereon, may be selectively and efliciently operation from the transf separated in a Single er leaves and from the stub holding all the leaves together during the manifold inscribing operation.

Another object of the invention is -the provision of an improved assembly wherein the record leaves of the kind referred to may beprovided with severance lines of desired weakness for facilitating the separation of the record leaves from the transfer leaves and the stub with which the leaves are held together and for leaving smooth clean shape edges on said record leaves wheresevered, the

and relation of parts being such as to avoid objectionable roughness at the torn edge or tendency of accidental lines while the assembly The invention accordin severance at the weakened is being handled. gly comprises the features of construction, combinations of elements,

and arrangement of part s which will be exemplied in the construction hereinafter described andthe Scope of the application of whichwill be indicated in the claims.

The naturev and objects be understood more fully of the invention will by reference to the following detailed description together with the iew of a unitary maniyfolding assembly of superposed leaves, embodying i leaves, but for clearness of disclosure, omitting certain parts of the assembly, and showing exaggerated vertical spacings between the superposed leaves for clearness of disclosure.

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. l illustrates a unitary manifolding' assembly or set, having a rectangular form, with the longer dimension running horizontally or in the width direction and the shorter dimension running in the vertical or height direction. The assembly consists of the superposed leaves I0, II, including two or more record leaves III and a transfer leaf I I interleaved between each pair of adjacent record leaves. The transfer leaves II have transfer material I2, Fig. 3, on their undersurfaces, so that by inscribing on the upper surface of the assembled unit, an original copy is produced on the uppermost record leaf I0 and a duplicate copy is produced on each of the lower record leaves I0.

The leaves I0, II, Fig. l, have a large width dimension from the side edge I3 to the side edge.

I4 in a direction parallel to one of the edges I5, I6, and have a. relatively short height dimension measured from the top edge I5 to the bottom edge I6 in a direction parallel to the edges I3, I4 and perpendicular to the width dimension.

The uppermost record leaf I0, as illustrated, may include a form suitable for use as a bank check I5 with a stub I3 detachable therefrom at the weakened severance line I'l. It will be understood, however, that the leaf I0 may be adapted by its printing or other indicia thereon for various other uses, such as a receipt, or as abrokers form for identifying securities bought or sold for a customer, or as a wide, short form for some other purpose, Such leaves usually having a width dimension of approximately two or or more times the height dimension.

Each leaf I0, II has a stub I8 projecting outwardly therefrom and connecting with and extending along the bottom edge I6 and preferably centralized midway between the ends of the edge I6. It will'be understood that in certain cases the stub I8 may be located on the top edge I5 rather than on the bottom edge I6, and that in some cases the position 'of the stub I8 may depart from the central position, as in Fig. 1, for example, if it be assumed that the detachable portion I3 be separated at the weakened line I1 dat. it may be grasped readily at its approximate extremities by a single unaided hand inv a single operation forreasons which will appear hereinafter.

In the case illustra-ted, where the cop leaf in Y is usedas a bank check I with'v the detachable in Figs. 2 and 3, and are'fastened together by portion I8, the stub I8 may be less than one-half as long asfthe edge li, representing the 'widthdimension oi' the leaves, and similarly in the case of most of the other wide forms referred to, the length of the stub along the edge with which it connects is approximately one-half or less times thelength of said edge. The stubs I8 are in 4superposed relation as s hown more clearly the adhesive-binding 'material I9, Fig. 2, between the adjacentsurfaces of the stubs I8, thus providing a .binding` stub 2liv for holding. the. record and transfer leaves I0, II in manifold regr" `istration. In most cases, it is preferable to make the stub I8 as long" as possible consistent with the hand-grasp limitation, referred toabove, in

order that the stub may exert a maximum pilot- -ing influence in maintaining the leaves in manifold registration. The leaves I0, II of the assembly are preferably free from any connection therebetween, except by way of the stub 20.

A weakened severance line 2l is provided in each record leaf I8 for defining a line of separation between the leaf and its connected stub I8, as shown in Fig. 3, whereas each transfer leaf II has an unbroken and unweakened connection with its stub I8 in the region correspond- Ing with that of the severance line 2I- ofthe record leaves Ill, The severance line 2l is located close to or in line with the adjacent edge IiiA of the leaf Il, so that when the record leaf I D is severed from its stub I8, the resulting torn edge of leaf Il provides an exact or nearly exact continuation of the straight edge I 6. Furthermore,

any roughness left at the torn edge along the line 2| is limited in extent to the length of thestub I8 and does not extend along the entire length of the edge Il.

Fig. 3 omits a showing of the fastening means I! in order to illustrate more clearly the superposed relation of the severance lines'ZI and the unweakened connections between each transfer leaf II and its stub I8 in the region corresponding with that of the severance line 2I in each record leaf I0.

Each record leaf I0 has a marginal portion along the edge I5, remote from the stub I8 and the severance line 2l and extending outwardly beyond the nearest adjacent edge of the transfer leaf I I as clearly shown in Fig. 2, these marginal portions being in superposed relation with each other, and in off-set relation to the adjacent edges of the transfer leaves Il, and constituting a selective grip formationfor facilitating separation of the record leaves I-II from the stub and the transfer leaves I l.

When using the assembly in a typewriter with a cylindrical platen, the top edge I5 is rst fed into the typewriter in a direction parallel to the vertical edges I3, I4, and after making the desired inscriptions with the typewriter, the feeding movement of the assembly is continued in the same direction until the assembly has been fed entirely through the typewriter with the edge I8 and the stub 28 trailing behind the edge I5. After all of the necessary inscriptions have been completed, the selective grip formation along the 'at the opposite edge.

edge lIl is grasped in one hand-while the stub 2l 1 is grasped in the-other hand, and a tearing force is v exerted'-'along the weakenedrgline 2 I.' The record leaves VI8 may thus be quicklyand easily selectively severed in` a single operation from the binding stub 28 and atl the same time selec- Atively and cleanly stripped from the transfer leaves Il.

Throughout the separating operation, the

transferleaves IIA remain connected with the stub 2li becausev of their unweakened connection with the stub and the fact that no substantial'tearing force is exerted on thertransfer leaves while the assembly is -grasped exclusively at the edge I5 grip formation and at the stub 28.

The whole separating operation may be accompiished'with thefquickness of the snap'of .I the fingers,- since -the position of eachV hand is `fixed relatively tothe assembly` and doesnot need to be shifted,as.would be necessary for posivtive severance of abinding stub connecting along the edge I6 for a longer distance than could be spanned byasingle hand'grasp. Anyshifting of the hand to successive tearing positions-'not' only introducesdelay in the tearing operation but also increases the tendency toward faulty tearing when the tearing of a record leaf Ill hidden below the upper transfer leaf II has stopped at a different point from the tearing of the top leaf I0 and is not adapted to be continued properly by the 'tearing force applied by a successive positionofthe hand grasp intended to continue the tearingof the top leaf I0.

It will be noted that the selective grip formation provided by offsetting the record leaves with reference to the carbon or transfer leaves as shown, is preferably positioned directly across the manifolding assembly from the binding stub 20. In other words, in theA embodiment shown the selective grip formation has at leas't a part thereof centralized at one of the longer marginal parts of the assembly as is the binding stub 20 This-is an advantageous arrangement because at the moment that the record leaves are snapped from their interleaved relation with the carbons and detached from the binding stub, the stresses required for such detachment will be transmitted through the several leaves directly thereacross and substantially at right angles to the major dimension of the assembly. This assures a complete and clean sever-ance of the record leaves from the binding stub at a single quick pull, and the danger of tearing or'mutilating the leaves otherwise than along the weakened severance lines 2I is avoided. Also, it is to be noted that the weakened severance lines I I providing the detachable end coupons, lie outside of the binding stub 28 and for this reason 4the danger of accidentally tearing the leaves along these lines l1 at the time of vseverance of the leaves from the stub 20 is wholly avoided. Also, this arrangement of the weakened lines I1 provides a convenient arrangement whereby anyone of the end Acoupons may be conveniently severed from the assembly prior to detachment of the record leaves from the Ibinding stub. The coupons may thus be very readily detached either before or after severance of the record leaves from the binding stub.

For the reasons already mentioned, it will be observed that the predetermined width dimension ofthe leaves, parallel to the edge I6, is so large as to prevent the assembly, when substantially ilat, from being grasped at the approximate extremities of the width dimension 'by a single unaided hand in a single operation, and `it would consequently not be possible to utilize a binding back-and-forth movement of the typewriter car-'-l stub running along the full width of the assembly and obtain the advantages of the stub 20, as referredto above. A

The provision of the stub 20 on one of the long horizontal edges I5 or I6, with the predetermined length of the stub limited to less than that of the horizontal edge with which it connects, is particularly advantageous in connection with the inscription of the assembly in a typewriter with a cylindrical platen, and in connection with the operation ofisevering the record leaves I from stub 20 and the transfer leaves II, and in other connections.

When feeding the assembly through a typewriter with a cylindrical platen and adjusting the position of the assembly in the typewriter, the centralized stub 2|) exerts a relatively balanced piloting action on the leaves I0, II, and is much more pliable than a stub extending along the full length of the edge I5 or I6.. Owing to the greater exposure of such a full length stub to obstruction in the typewriter, and owing to the greater stiffness of such a stub and the effect of the severance line in abruptly reducing the stiffness of the assembly at that line, there is considerably more tendency for one end of the full length stub to catch in the typewriter and considerably more tendency for accidental severance of the full length stub and of resultant clogging of the typewriter or of mutilating the record leaves in the typewriter than with an assembly having the short stub 20'.

Location of the short stub 2li on one of the long horizontal edges I5 or I6, simplifies the problem of providing a suitable severance line 2|, since the "tearing operationis simplified as explained above, and the conditions necessary to furnish satisfactory severance, without objectionable tendency of accidental severance, are more readily attainable over a wide range of strengths of severance lines than inthe case of a longer severance line. Consequently the severance line may be made weaker than is practicable with a binding stub extending the full length of the edge II or I8, and a smoother, cleaner edge may thus be obtained at the line 2|.

A further advantage of providing the short stub III on the long horizontal edge I5 or I6, is that the stub adds nothing more to the already burdensome length of the width dimension of the assembly, and thus avoids the need of a larger and more costly typewriter for accommodating a wider assembly resulting from placing the binding stub on one of the edges I3 or Il, and

avoids the corresponding need of providing twice as much additional space for accommodating the rlage. Furthermore, .the stub 20, as disclosed, avoids the very unsatisfactory unbalanced piloting action of a. stub at one of the edges I3 or Il of the leaves of the assembly.

It will be understood that the selective grip formation may be formed in various ways other than that of the illustrative form disclosed above. It will also be understood that certain other changes may be made in the record and transfer leaves and in the assembly thereof, without departing from the invention disclosed herein, and that the scope of the invention should not be limited tothe particular'embodiment described herein and shown in the accompanying drawing,

as illustrative of the invention.

Having described my invention. what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A manifolding assembly including, in combination, a plurality of superposed leaves, including a plurality of record leaves and at least one transfer leaf in transfer relation between two of said record leaves, said record and transfer leaves being substantially longer in one direction than in a direction perpendicular there-l to, each said record and transfer leaf having a stub. connecting therewith along one of the longer edges of the leaf and positioned at the same edge of said assembly, said tub being substantially shorter than said longer edge in the direction of said edge, thus providing interleaved record and transfer leaf portions for receiving transfer inscriptions and protruding in the direction of the major leaf length beyond said stubs, means for fastening the stubs together to provide an assembly binding stub for holding the leaves of the assembly together, said binding stub being relatively short as compared to the major assemmly dimension and terminating within said protruding leaf portions, each said record leaf having a weakened severance line for defining a line of separation between the leaf and said binding stub, said severance lines terinating short of said protruding leaf portions, certain of said record leaves having marginal portions remote from said binding stub extending in offset relation beyond the adjacent edgel of said rtansfer leaf, and providing a selective grip formation for facilitating the selective separation of said record leaves from said binding stub and said transfer leaf.

2. A manifolding assembly including, in combination, a plurality of superposed leaves, including a plurality of record leaves and at least one transfer leaf in transfer relation between two of said record leaves, said record and transfer leaves being substantially longer in one direction than in a direction perpendicular thereto, eachsaid record and transfer leaf having a stub connecting therewith along one of thelonger edges of the leaf and positioned at the same edge of said assembly, said stub being substantially shorter than said longer edge in the direction of said edge, thus providing interleaved record and transfer leaf portions for receiving transfer inscriptions and protruding in the direction of the major leaf length beyond said stubs, means for fastening the stubs together to provide an assembly binding stub for holding the leaves of the assembly together, said binding stub being relatively short as compared to the major assembly dimension and terminating within said protruding leaf portions, each saidy record leaf having a weakened severance line for defining a line of separation between the leaf and said binding stub, said severance lines terminating short of said protruding leaf portions, certain of said recordA leaves having marginal portions remote from said binding stub extending in offset relation beyond the adjacent edge of said transfer leaf, and providing a selective grip formation for facilitating the selective separation of said record leaves from said binding stub and said transfer leaf, said selective' grip formation having its grip portion positioned at a marginal part of the assembly directly opposite to said short assembly binding stub whereby severance of the record leaves from the stub may be effected by a single quick pull directed along a line substantially perpendicular to the severance lines.

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